MUMBAI: The College of Mumbai (MU) is chosen as one of many ‘spoke’ establishments underneath a ₹100-crore nationwide analysis grant, with IIT Bombay serving because the lead ‘hub’. The initiative is a part of the Partnerships for Accelerated Innovation and Analysis (PAIR) program, launched by the Anusandhan Nationwide Analysis Basis (ANRF) underneath the Nationwide Schooling Coverage 2020.
IITB introduced as hub for six universities as spokes, together with MU
The ANRF on Friday introduced the names of 31 establishments throughout the nation that will be ‘hubs’, every designed to foster multidisciplinary analysis, one in all which is IITB. These hubs combine experience from numerous fields comparable to physics, pc science, engineering, and materials science, utilizing a Hub-Spoke-Spike mannequin. This mannequin enhances collaboration between central hubs, regional analysis tasks (spokes), and particular person researchers (spikes) by streamlining useful resource sharing and experience throughout establishments.
This collaboration will foster innovation throughout larger training establishments by constructing joint analysis ecosystems. With IITB on the helm, MU joins six different prestigious establishments as spokes, together with the Faculty of Engineering Pune (CoEP), Indian Institute of Info Know-how (IIIT) Pune, IIIT Nagpur, NIT Goa, M S College Vadodara, and Sher-e-Kashmir College of Agricultural Sciences and Know-how.
Every hub-and-spoke community will obtain ₹100 crore over the subsequent 5 years to strengthen analysis infrastructure and drive cutting-edge research in rising fields like business 4.0, superior supplies, and inexperienced vitality.
“This initiative will usher in a new era of research and innovation at the University of Mumbai,” mentioned Prof Ravindra Kulkarni, vice chancellor of MU. “The PAIR initiative will not only enhance our research capacity but also promote inter-institutional collaboration, allowing our faculty and students to learn and work alongside experts at IIT Bombay.”
The MU has already submitted 14 tasks in key areas comparable to cybersecurity, semiconductors, and synthetic intelligence – a lot of which align with nationwide improvement objectives.
Prof Farooq Qazi, director of the MU’s analysis improvement cell, will lead the analysis tasks at MU. He’ll function the principal investigator and work intently with Prof V M Gadre from IITB, who will mentor the initiative on behalf of the hub institute. Prof Qazi mentioned, “This research grant gives the university a platform to make its mark in advanced fields like semiconductor technology, cybersecurity, AI, and nanotechnology. Collaborating with IIT Bombay will deepen the knowledge base of our faculty and build a new generation of researchers.”